| Title | : | Dancing Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Gary Paulsen |
| Release | : | 2012-05-22 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Sports in Young Adult Fiction, Books, Young Adult, Fiction for Young Adults, Coming of Age for Young Adults, Historical Fiction for Young Adults |
| Size | : | 6451863 |
| Dancing Carl, Gary Paulsen's first novel, was a ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Notable Children's Trade Book for the Language Arts. In the winter, life in McKinley, Minnesota, revolves around the rinks, where kids play hockey and grown-ups skate to scratchy phonograph records. Then, the year Marsh and his best friend, Willy, are twelve, Carl appears at the rink, wearing a battered, old leather flight jacket and doing a strange dance that is both beautiful and disturbing to watch. It is Marsh and Willy who discover the terrible secret behind Carl's dance, a secret that threatens to destroy him. But a small miracle occurs, and Carl's dance becomes a fragile and tentative expression of hope and the healing power of love. |
